2027: Tinubu Endorses Hamzat as APC’s Consensus Candidate for Lagos Guber Sanwo-Olu, GAC present deputy governor to president Party insists primaries will still hold May 21
Deji Elumoye in Abuja President Bola Tinubu has officially
backed the candidacy of Dr. Obafemi Hamzat as the consensus governorship candidate of All Progressives
Con-gress (APC) in Lagos State. This was made public yesterday by presidential spokesperson, Bayo
Onanuga, via his verified X handle: @aonanuga1956. Onanuga, in the post, said the
candidature of the current deputy governor of Lagos State, Hamzat, as the next governor of the state come
2027 was endorsed by the president Continued on page 8
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Supreme Court Delivers Verdict in Make or Mar ADC, PDP Leadership Crises Today FHC insists INEC must not recognise ADC’s congresses Mark: ADC will be on the ballot, dismisses fears of exclusion
Chuks Okocha, Alex Enumah, Sunday Aborisade in Abuja and Yinka Kolawole in Osogbo After nearly 10 days of anxiety and worries, the Supreme Court will today, April 30, deliver a “make or mar” verdict in the appeal surrounding the leadership tussles in both African Democratic Congress (ADC) and Peoples Democratic Party (PDP). The judgement will be delivered exactly nine days after the five-
member panel of justices of the apex court reserved their verdict in the appeals surrounding the authentic leadership of the two opposition parties. That was as the Abuja division of the Federal High Court again issued an order restraining Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from recognising or participating in states congresses of ADC not conducted by their executives. The order came barely six
months after the same court barred INEC from participating or recognising the outcome of the national convention of PDP, which held on November 15 and 16, 2025, in Ibadan. However, today’s verdict of the apex court would either draw the curtain on the hopes of ADC and the Tanimu Turaki-led PDP of participating in the 2027 general election or provide fresh vigour for Continued on page 8
HAMZAT’S GOVERNORSHIP AMBITION GETS PRESIDENTIAL ENDORSEMENT...
President Bola Tinubu flanked by Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu (right) and his Deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat (left), during the President’s endorsement of Hamzat as Lagos APC governorship candidate for 2027 guber election, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja… yesterday